REVIEW: Freewill Shakespeare a Laugh Riot at the Fringe
Shakespeare is not easy to do. Nearly every big play been done and redone countless times, and the language is not necessarily accessible for everyone. Wherefore use such convoluted dialogue? That’s part of why David Horak’s re-imagining of Much Ado About Nothing by the Freewill Players at the Fringe is a breath of fresh air. […]
FRINGE REVIEW: Volare Tenors Make Beautiful Popera Together
It is said that “Popera” began in 1911 when Caruso strode into a Milan studio and recorded an aria for ordinary people. The art form came into flower again most recently when the Three Tenors sang to some 800 million people from Rome’s Baths of Caracalla on July 7, 1990. Current popular groups that record […]
LIVE REVIEW: Winter in Summer a perfect little folk fest
It was the perfect day for a festival – the intense summer heat dulled by a cool breeze, the city spread out across the horizon in the near distance. Last as the opening evening of the Winter in Summer festival sponsored by Steamwhistle at the Edmonton Ski Club (more or less the site of the […]
